AltWeeklies Wire
911 Call Captures Officer's Questionable Pepper-Sprayingnew
Asking an officer armed with pepper spray for his badge number turned out to be risky business for a Colorado choirboy.
Westword |
David Holthouse |
12-07-2004 |
Crime & Justice
To Re-Catch a Thiefnew
For the old cat burglars known as The Dinnerset Gang, all that's left is a movie script, a book proposal, and undying hatred for one another.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Wyatt Olson |
12-06-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Politicized Espionage at the CIAnew
Insiders fear that Director of Central Intelligence Porter J. Goss's restructuring -- and his unflinching support for partisan Capitol Hill imports -- will weaken the agency.
Boston Phoenix |
Jason Vest |
12-02-2004 |
Crime & Justice
When It Comes to Bogus Mortgages, Atlanta Leads the Nationnew
For more than a year, Georgia has raced past Florida, the usual state of first resort for real estate scumbags, in mortgage fraud. Our fraud rates are more than two-and-a-half times what they should be for our population.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
John Sugg |
12-02-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: business
HIV: Criminal Intentnew
Anthony Whitfield was recently convicted in Olympia, Wash., in one of the nation's worst HIV assault cases. But his prosecution raises serious questions about who is being charged with spreading the AIDS virus -- or not.
Seattle Weekly |
Mark D. Fefer |
11-30-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
About a Boynew
Eighteen-month-old Kyran Leigh Gaston-Voss died in an explosion of rage. But was the killer his mother or her chief accuser?
Westword |
Alan Prendergast |
11-30-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Persecuted Pants Pooper Loses Brooklyn-Based Supportnew
Troy Musil went out drinking, ate lunch the next afternoon and shat his pants. The biological problems were only the beginning. It's Musil's behavior after the accident that caught the attention of authorities, and of a scatological Web master.
New York Press |
Jamie Pietras |
11-17-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Perfect Husband Revealed as Perfect Crooknew
Marcia Simmons has uncovered disturbing information about the husband she never really knew. She's learned how difficult it is to pursue a fraud case against your spouse. And she's been frustrated by what she considers the foot-dragging of cops and prosecutors.
Westword |
Alan Prendergast |
11-17-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
South Florida Bank Robbers Elude Authoritiesnew
A gang calling itself the Knotty Head Clique is thriving because robbing banks is perhaps easier than it has ever been. Banks spend little money or time preventing heists, taking the stance that giving robbers whatever they want will avoid the injuries during thefts that could lead to lawsuits.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Eric Alan Barton |
11-15-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Con Artist Gets Free Pass from Justice Systemnew
Grifter Bob Owens has seemingly rendered himself untouchable from prosecution for his well-documented and financially lucrative crimes. He has done so, in part, by compromising factions inside the criminal-justice system, including the cops and the defense bar.
Phoenix New Times |
Paul Rubin |
11-15-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Murder Conviction Is Tough Luck for Man Who Could Be Innocentnew
A federal appeals court says the facts suggest that Darryl Burton may well be innocent of the murder of hustler Donald Ball. But impediments erected by courts and Congress mean the court can offer no relief.
Riverfront Times |
Malcolm Gay |
11-09-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Silkwood
Thirty years ago, Karen Silkwood drove down State Highway 74 to meet her boyfriend, a union representative and a New York Times reporter for an interview in Oklahoma City. She never made it.
Oklahoma Gazette |
April Marciszewski |
11-04-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Lawsuit Seeks Payback for Overcharged Paroleesnew
A parolee's daily fees for an ankle monitoring device had been $3 a day, and paid for by the state, but now are $9 a day, to be paid by the parolee. In at least one case, the daily fee was $22. How, a lawsuit asks, could parolees be expected to make a fresh start when they were paying close to $300 a month for electronic monitoring?
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Steve Fennessy |
11-04-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Items from Luggage Screened at Airports Go Missingnew
Getting home from the airport, David Stark opened his suitcase to find a handwritten red, white and blue notice from the Transportation Security Administration informing him that his bag had been opened and searched. What Stark did not find was the laptop computer he had packed.
Westword |
David Holthouse |
11-01-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
State Behaving Badlynew
Families of prisoners, and the ACLU, are alleging that the state is still abusing incarcerated citizens, more than 30 years after Mississippi’s prison system was declared unconstitutional.
Jackson Free Press |
Adam Lynch |
10-29-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
